Snow fence



Jan. 20, 1925.

. A. NAUD sriow FENCE Filed Feb. 25.

Patented Jan. 20, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALFRED NA'UD, 0F STE. THECLE, QUEBEC, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO BRUNO BORDELEAU, OF STE. THEGLE, QUEBEC, CANADA.

SNOW FENCE.

Application filed February 25, 1924.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, ALFRED NAUD, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and residing at Ste. Thecle, in the county of Champlain, in the Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented a. new and useful Snow Fence, of which the following is the specification.

The invention relates to a snow fence, as described in the p1 esent specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings that form part of the saine.

The invention consists essentially of the novel features of construction, pointed out broadly and specifically in the claims for novelty following a description containing an explanation in detail of an acceptable form of the invention.

The objects of the invention are to maintain clearings and road beds clear of snow drifts; to guide the wind in its passage across the roadway in such a manner as will develop a sweeping action to the force of the rapidly moving air and thereby instead of the snow collecting it will be driven quite beyond and scattered; to furnish a means of keeping traclrways in good condition during the winter weather thus avoiding delays in the arrival of freight and passengers at their destinations; to insure economy in such installations and at the same time facilitate the adjustment of the fence or gate according to its relative position to the roadway, and generally to provide an efficient and durable fence for the aforesaid purposes.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of the fence as applied at the side of a railway line.

Figure 2 is a front perspective view of a -section of fencing.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail showing the board fastening.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the various figures.

Referring to the drawings the boards 1 are of suitable measurement to bring forth the most successful results and these boards are held between the cleats 2 and 3, which are secured to the uprights 4 and 5, 6 and 7 and 8 and 9, by the bolts 10 and nuts 11. The said uprights are used in the manner of end and centre posts, the uprights 4, 6 and 8 being at the front and 5, and 9 at Serial No. 694,947.

the rear while the said cleats extend from the front posts and hold the boards therebetween.

It will be thus seen that the slant of the boards may be as desired, that is to say, the boards are adjusted by raising and lowering one set of posts say the rear set for example and the posts are then locked by the base beams 12, 13 and 14 from which the struts 15, 16 and 17 extend upwardly and are secured in the desired positions at the upper ends of the posts.

The slant of the fence section is governed by the struts 15, 16 and 17, which are secured by the bolts 18 and nuts 19 to the posts 5, 7 and 9 through one or other of the holes 2() and 21.

The base beams 12, 13 and 14 are also attached by bolts 22 and nuts 23 to posts 5, 7 and 9 in one or other of the holes 24 and 25 and are also attached to the posts 4, 6 and 8 by the bolts 26 and nuts 27.

The boards are held by the said cleats at a suitable distance from one another and from the ground and at any time a board or boards can be removed but when held at equal distances they give better results and at a proper incline to defiect the wind to the road or trackway.

In operation the wind blowing in a direction from behind the fence is deflected on to the road or traclzway and this sweeps it and scatters the snow therebeyond, so that no drift can accumulate on the road in front of the fence.

What I claim is 1. A snow fence comprising a frame formed of uprights in pairs and boards held between cleats bolted to said uprights, base beams and struts bolted to said uprights and forming the stand for said uprights and boards.

2. A snow fence comprising a frame formed of uprights joined by cleats in pairs secured thereto by pivot bolts and having adjusting bolt holes at top and bottom ends, boards inserted between said cleats, base beams secured by pivot bolts to said uprights and struts secured by pivot bolts to said base beams and said uprights.

Signed at Montreal, Canada, this 7th day of February, 1924.

ALFRED NAUD. 

